DriftlessNow.com’s focus is on the nature, geological features, cultures, and people of the Driftless area. In addition, we showcase events that celebrate the pride and diversity that makes the Southwest Wisconsin Driftless region unique.
All in Wisconsin History
The timing couldn’t have been better for Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk)/White Earth Ojibwe artist Christopher Sweet, as November is National Native American Heritage month.
Urban living, rural living. It is a personal choice that may carry few or many personal reasons.
When people stop by our farm on their way to Wildcat Mountain State Park or the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, they are often in awe of the beauty.
The Village of Mazomanie, originally built as a small railroad town in 1857, is one of those places that make you feel like you are stepping back in time.
“So, this is my boyfriend's family farm, and his family started it back in 1865,” said Emily Matzke.
A sixth-generation farm in Sauk City, Wisconsin, Emily shared, “this very land that we're sitting on, is the initial plot of land that my boyfriend Avery’s family the Elsings have farmed.”
Poised along the 400 Trail with the communities of Elroy, Union Center, Wonewoc, and Reedsburg, La Valle located in Sauk county Wisconsin, welcomed trail anniversary bicycle riders with open arms.
The night sky, a truly amazing experience for anyone able to find a place to star gaze with limited to no light, man made of course, to spoil it.
On May 5th, a couple hundred people gathered in Burns Park across the street from the Ni Tani Hocira (Three Rivers House) Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk) Nation La Crosse Branch Office in La Crosse, Wisconsin, for the second annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) 5k run/walk.
The two met in upstate New York in the Adirondacks through an internship with the Student Conservation Association (SCA) in 2012. Both were right out of college with no real job prospects at the time.
The Dream Catcher has its origin with the Ojibwe tribe, although it has been adapted into other tribes.
As a part of the annual Sauk Prairie Eagle Watching days, the Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society again welcomed Art Shegonee. Shegonee, a Menominee and Potawatomi activist, dance artist, and educator, has served as an ambassador to Wisconsin Indian Summer that used to be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Last Saturday, members of Viroqua, surrounding communities and communities beyond, gathered to celebrate the library receiving the “Wisconsin Library of the Year Award”.
